Current Events > people who think being good at video games is genetic

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youre just clicking pixels on a screen dont get ahead of yourselves lol

esports hahahaha
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Pew pew pew
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I mean, anyone who has any decent understanding of biology, psychology, neuroscience, muscles, DNA, etc. would see that life is so complex and diverse that there have to be people who have a genetic predisposition to being good at video games. That being said, nurture plays a role too. Like, perhaps the greataest factors in being good at video games are just in liking them, or already having some proclivity for activities involving tactile stimulation, or requiring dexterous fingers.

The list could go on. Maybe games are more immersive to people who see more colors, etc.

It blows my mind that humans are so good at using a keyboard and mouse when we didn't evolve into it. I love that
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I should be more specific though. I really think pretty much everyone could be "good" at video games especially if they're taught/play and develop skills in multiple genres of games early in life, but there are always going to be people who will be more talented at this thing, or that sport, or xyz ways of thinking, or behaving, etc. Everyone is different.

that's true. humans are motherfucking crazy dude
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That's neuroplasticity for ya. Time is your best friend. If you put in the effort, you just have to get better. I'm proving this to myself with piano right now. One thing I like to think about a lot is what skills we have that are associative to another skill we want to develop but don't have yet. I knew how to type. Could that help me in piano? I was really good at GH. Probably a bit more closely connected to the circuitry involved in playing piano...?? hmm maybe. I guess music/piano and a typewriter/keyboard still both involve their respective languages. Close call. But I feared the challenge of piano and eventually just told myself I had the talent to be a good pianist. Now I'm making it happen.

wish my 1337 gamer skillz meant anything IRL
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They never will unless you pivot to something associative like I was talking about, or move somewhere else where gamers are held in higher esteem lol.

Who actually thinks this way?
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The scientists researching it.

Does it really need to be researched?
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Why not? No one has all the answers to the linkage between genetics and video games. For all we know something unknown could emerge from such research that facilitates the discovery of even more important knowledge in a seemingly unrelated subject.